wordbook
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1590, from word + book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wordbook (plural wordbooks)
- A reference book that lists words.
- Hyponyms: dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus, vocabulary
- Coordinate terms: glossary, wordlist
- The libretto of an opera.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]dictionary — see dictionary
lexicon — see lexicon
libretto — see libretto